PaperPixels
Roshan Lalintha Peiris, Suranga Chandima Nanayakkara · 2014
In this paper we present PaperPixels, a toolkit for creating subtle and ambient animations on regular paper. This toolkit consists of two main components: (1) a modularised plug and play type elements (PaperPixels elements) that can be attached on the back of regular paper; (2) a GUI (graphical user interface) that allows users to stage the animation in a time line format. A user would simply draw on regular paper, attach PaperPixels elements behind the regions that needs to be animated, and specify the sequence of appearing and disappearing by arranging icons on a simple GUI. Observations made during a workshop at a local maker faire showed the potential of PaperPixels being integrated in many different applications such as animated wallpapers, animated story books.